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European Union and FRONTEX: A Civil-Security Relations Analysis
Netopil, Petr ; Kučera, Tomáš (advisor) ; Karásek, Tomáš (referee)
This research focuses on the Civil-Security Relations between the EU and its border agency, FRONTEX. Relationships between the state and its border guards vary wildly in space and time in terms of the level of militarization, which is why this thesis set out to define the situation of the EU's first uniformed and armed service. A single case study was used, as FRONTEX as a transnational border agency is a deviant case. This research creates a typology of security services within the state and then places FRONTEX within it. In the discussion that follows, the relationship between the EU and FRONTEX seems to be matched best by the relationship between a state and its gendarmerie, though the police force is also very close. Furthermore, there are exceptions where the agency behaves more like an army or a civilian service. In terms of real-world analogues, it tracks most closely with the relationships between Latvia, Finland, and their respective border guards.
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The Legal Nature of the Schengen Acquis
Solich, Robert ; Král, Richard (advisor) ; Scheu, Harald Christian (referee)
The Legal Nature of the Schengen Acquis Mgr. Robert Solich Abstract The thesis deals with general legal aspects of the Schengen acquis which represents a set of rules relating to the lifting of the border control at internal borders of the states concerned. It especially focuses on internal structure of the Schengen acquis, at its legal effect and legal forms with their mutual relations during particular phases of the development of the Schengen acquis. The author describes in detail the process of europeisation of the Schengen acquis, which was originally created as a legal subsystem of international law based on the "Schengen agreements" and later integrated into the framework of EU on the basis of the Treaty of Amsterdam. The author elaborates the question of legal effects of the acquis integrated in the EU and its co-existence with newly adopted Community or Union Schengen acquis. Within the analysis, the changes stemming from the Treaty of Lisbon are taken into account as well. The thesis further deals with territorial scope of the Schengen acquis and the EU case-law relating to the acquis in question.
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Comparative analysis of policies and practices of border control and the detention of illegal immigrants in the United States and the European Union
Hernandez, Christine Elyse ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Krausz Hladká, Malvína (referee)
Illegal immigration has been a major topic of concern in the last few years in both the United States and the European Union; the policies and practices of border control and the use of detention have often been the center for political debate. Assessing the policies in the United States and the European Union in regards to how 'liberal' each are carried out through practice provides insight to the disparity between policy and practice. The thesis analyzes and compares the discourse used written into the policies, official government guidelines, and reports which focus on the approval and criticism of how the polices are put into practice through the United States and European Union government agencies; whist providing data on recent illegal immigrant trends along the U.S.-Mexican border, as well as the Greek-Turkish border. The results discovered conclude that the European Union writes more 'liberal' discourse into their policy and government guidelines than the United States; the European Union illustrates more concern for fundamental individual rights while carrying out practice along the borders; but is falling short in ensuring that Member States (such as Greece) carry out other policy areas up to European Union standards, in this case the use of detention. The implications of the thesis offer...
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Comparative analysis of policies and practices of border control and the detention of illegal immigrants in the United States and the European Union
Hernandez, Christine Elyse ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Krausz Hladká, Malvína (referee)
Illegal immigration has been a major topic of concern in the last few years in both the United States and the European Union; the policies and practices of border control and the use of detention have often been the center for political debate. Assessing the policies in the United States and the European Union in regards to how 'liberal' each are carried out through practice provides insight to the disparity between policy and practice. The thesis analyzes and compares the discourse used written into the policies, official government guidelines, and reports which focus on the approval and criticism of how the polices are put into practice through the United States and European Union government agencies; whist providing data on recent illegal immigrant trends along the U.S.-Mexican border, as well as the Greek-Turkish border. The results discovered conclude that the European Union writes more 'liberal' discourse into their policy and government guidelines than the United States; the European Union illustrates more concern for fundamental individual rights while carrying out practice along the borders; but is falling short in ensuring that Member States (such as Greece) carry out other policy areas up to European Union standards, in this case the use of detention. The implications of the thesis offer...
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The Legal Nature of the Schengen Acquis
Solich, Robert ; Král, Richard (advisor) ; Scheu, Harald Christian (referee)
The Legal Nature of the Schengen Acquis Mgr. Robert Solich Abstract The thesis deals with general legal aspects of the Schengen acquis which represents a set of rules relating to the lifting of the border control at internal borders of the states concerned. It especially focuses on internal structure of the Schengen acquis, at its legal effect and legal forms with their mutual relations during particular phases of the development of the Schengen acquis. The author describes in detail the process of europeisation of the Schengen acquis, which was originally created as a legal subsystem of international law based on the "Schengen agreements" and later integrated into the framework of EU on the basis of the Treaty of Amsterdam. The author elaborates the question of legal effects of the acquis integrated in the EU and its co-existence with newly adopted Community or Union Schengen acquis. Within the analysis, the changes stemming from the Treaty of Lisbon are taken into account as well. The thesis further deals with territorial scope of the Schengen acquis and the EU case-law relating to the acquis in question.
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